1970 chevelle, project go for broke.

[acegto]

Lookin sharp. Its nice to see some different ideas on a basic design.

[Nicks67GTO]

Nice work!

[E.rodz]

Lookin sharp. Its nice to see some different ideas on a basic design.

Thanks for the interest and the compliment. hoping to learn new things everyday!

Nice work!

Thanks for the compliment i am just learning as I go hoping to build something outstanding on a budget so with any luck this works!

[E.rodz]

well looks like things are going just as planned! ah well NOT! i just wanted a nice clean frame with a nice working suspension system. and the ideas after reading Ron Suttons advice looks like I will be attempting to make a adjustable 3 link for this along with the narrowed frame section with trailer hitch. so i agreed with the voices in my head and decided to take on this massive project on my own while attempting to lear 3 d cad. at the same time. apparently i am into self torture!

[E.rodz]

making some progress one piece of steel at a time someday i will have a full frame building table but for now it is time to make due with what you have. so I am going to do this in sections to make it easier to work with it on the bench. hope this works.

[E.rodz]

making baby steps in progress. but still progress non the less! frame section fitting,grinding,redesign and welding.

[E.rodz]

making progress one weld at a time! sometimes forward progress sometimes backwards!





this is were the backwards progress comes in! crap more rework!

[E.rodz]

small steps toward getting the chassis back together again.a friend of mine owns a shop called Crazy talk customs is making some link bars for me while we fabricate the new link bar tabs, have some new mufflers coming so I can rework the exhaust again.

[Zoomin]

What's do you have planned for the muffler rework?

[Sean Cooke]

Dude, such an amazing build!!!! Great work..

[E.rodz]

What's do you have planned for the muffler rework?

ended up ordering a pair of magnaflow mufflers with the in and out on the same side this is coming up soon so picts coming shortly.

Dude, such an amazing build!!!! Great work..

Thanks. just learning as I go and hoping the extra effort will be worth it in the end.

[E.rodz]

slow progress but still progress non the less.

[LS7 Z/28]

Looks great Eric. Really cool.

[BenE64]

Just want to say I love your work! And when I grow up I want to have a workshop like yours, love it. Awesome set up, my shed is just a shed, utilitarian to say the least. Just looking at yours makes me want to build cool stuff. I might have to live vicariously through pictures on here till I get my S@#t together! Can you tell me what the adaptor is for on the English wheel? post 128. Planishing hammer or some sort of saw/punch? I want to build one one day and any sort of versatility that can be built in is a bonus. Do you have some sort of cnc cutter or do you cut all your stuff out by hand?

[E.rodz]

Looks great Eric. Really cool.

Thanks for the kind words. have a lot more to come so stay tuned in for more!

Just want to say I love your work! And when I grow up I want to have a workshop like yours, love it. Awesome set up, my shed is just a shed, utilitarian to say the least. Just looking at yours makes me want to build cool stuff. I might have to live vicariously through pictures on here till I get my S@#t together! Can you tell me what the adaptor is for on the English wheel? post 128. Planishing hammer or some sort of saw/punch? I want to build one one day and any sort of versatility that can be built in is a bonus. Do you have some sort of cnc cutter or do you cut all your stuff out by hand?

Thanks for the interest in my projects . just remember NOTHING comes for free everything takes time and effort and I have been at it for over 20 years to get it to the point it is today.the English wheel has a nibbler that will work on 10 gauge steel it just unbolts to convert over to a english wheel.I plan on making more attachments for it as the need comes along. all stuff that i have made has been done old school with a bad saw and had grinder currently working on 3 d cad so this will become easier in the future!

[TheJDMan]

Eric,
I have to say the first time I read about your plans to build 10 custom cars I thought Yea right. Now I'm thinking why stop at 10? GREAT WORK!!

[Interceptor5588]

here is what it looks like in mock up still tons of fabrication to go on the entire stack up but making progress finally!

If you calculate the area of the two circular fans I think you'll find Andrew is correct, you will have insufficient cooling at speed because the air will stack up in front of the rad. You've effectively turned the factory 500+ sq inch rad into about half of that.

Credit where credit is due however, excellent workmanship on everything in sight.

[E.rodz]

Eric,
I have to say the first time I read about your plans to build 10 custom cars I thought Yea right. Now I'm thinking why stop at 10? GREAT WORK!!

lol. it has only taking me 20 years to get the shop where i can work it and if i can get back on track ten will take me till i am 110 so looks like it is time to pick up the pace!

If you calculate the area of the two circular fans I think you'll find Andrew is correct, you will have insufficient cooling at speed because the air will stack up in front of the rad. You've effectively turned the factory 500+ sq inch rad into about half of that.

Credit where credit is due however, excellent workmanship on everything in sight.

thanks for the insight I was not disagreeing with andrew on that one just did not want to reveal what is next but that will be addressed the close to the radiator with the fans is what i do not agree with.however i am always open to opinions and anything I can learn from other people.

[E.rodz]

just wanted to get this back up to date. this whole summer i spent on driving the hell out of the belair racking on over 5,000 miles just having a ball. scored a dream tool which i never in a million years would have guessed i could ever own one. looks like i was in the right place at the right time for once, but it ended up getting alot more involved than i ever expected cleaning the shop moving everything 10 times to make a home for the beast and getting it wired up was no treat either. i figured it was just to big and plane looking so it need a paint job and airbrush treatment as well. this thing is going to help me build tons of parts for the Chevelle so why not?

[Zoomin]

That's very cool!